Over the years I’ve given up drugs, alcohol, and more recently given up carbs (treating it as an addiction, as you do, Doc, has helped me immensely) but if someone wants to take my coffee, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead, insulin resistant hands! 😂😂
Hahahahahahaha!! What a great laugh !!!!! I can give up anything and pretty much have - i went Carnivore 3 wks ago and omg I feel amazing and miss NOTHING . But let me tell you - I will not give up my coffee !!!!!!!!
You didn't gave up all the drugs. You're completely attached to the crap coffee. It's just a vice like alcohol, sugar and cocaine and you're proving it.
Coffee has been shown to help guard against Parkinson’s and Dementia and I have been doing a pot a day for 65 years and do not take ANY medications. Don’t expect to quit anytime soon.
Only helps if you don't pour flavoring/ sugar in it. But it does have thiaminase in it which depletes thiamine "B1". Drinking several cups everyday is a good way to get BeriBeri like many do from their drive-throughs
No, grammar. I’m doing well. You may also be doing good and I pray that you are doing good things, but when you’re well and life is well and your family, work and ect. I find myself doing well. I also do good! All in fun lol. Enjoy life!
I gave up coffee for a month before I did a full lipid panel, because Dr. Paul Mason said that for *some people* coffee can raise triglycerides. I did a little N of 1 experiment. I am happy to report that abstaining from coffee had zero effect on my triglycerides, or any other lipid markers. As soon as I got my results, I put in a batch of cold brew mocha using my French press... coffee plus 1/2 cup of CrioBru (coffee nibs you brew like coffee). Next morning, I put 4tbs of the cold brew concentrate and a tablespoon of grassfed butter, teaspoon of beef gelatin (makes the froth frothier), poured boiling water half way, used the milk frother to whip the butter into a froth, added more water to fill the cup... after a month away from coffee or mocha, this was a cup of heaven.
My grandmother always drank black coffee. I wish I could get into it. Coffee without a bit of milk & sugar is just too bitter for me. Any suggestions? Brand or roast?
Sarah, I was told, if you add a small amount of salt to your cup of coffee, it removes the bitterness. I don’t know. I prefer light roast peaberry coffee that has flavor without bitterness. The peaberry coffees have one coffee bean in the pod, not two. In my experience, it is the dark roast coffee that has more bitterness. I woukd think how it is prepared makes coffee more bitter, also. I prefer cold brew, light roast, peaberry coffee for full flavor and pleasant taste.
@@backpackingonline yes I do enjoy the light roasts. I have yet to try the "blonde" roasts. I'll definitely have to find the peaberry coffee you talk about. It sounds like my cup of tea 😊. Thanks for the suggestions. ☕
Keto should mean nothing more than eating normally, before the industrialization,modernization and globalization of agriculture(every vegetable/legume/grain you eat is genetically modified) you would not be able to eat as many carbs as you can now because they were simply not available, everyone before was in ketosis for the majority of the year just think about it
Glad I found you Dr. Cywes! You and Dr. Ken Berry are really so easy to listen to and to understand and it all makes sense! I have hope again that I can make a change in my health
One 20oz cup of fresh ground coffee, 2tsp erythritol, 2 tblsp double (heavy) cream. This stops me snacking, craving and is my once a day treat and helps me keep keto ❤️ Love your chats 😘
Add 1 tsp organic coconut oil to your first cup in the Am. At 16 hours plus IMF, it takes the edge off:)- keeps my fast going without feeling deprived.
This was timely. I gave up carbs and sugar. I unconsciously started to drink sparkling water. It seemed like a non guilty treat to me as there is no sugar, or sweetners, or anything but carbonated water and some essence of lime (my favorite). I did not realize until this video that it was my serotonin high that I was chasing. I just knew it was what I liked and I didn't even realize that as an addict I NEEDED to replace one addiction with another and that other one needed to be healthy and non harmful. I am viciously defensive of my sparkling water. I LOVE it. It makes perfect sense. The first thing we have to realize is that this overeating and carb/sugar problem is an addiction and needs to be treated as such. Thanks for your no nonsense approach of education that really hits home.
With all the lovely-tasting mineral waters around, why have they not brought out powders that have the same taste as these wonderful mineral waters like Perrier or Badoit etc? So that a half teaspoonful of the powder added to artificially carbonated water and voila! Save a fortune and do not add to the plastic-filled environment! Take it away you entrepreneurs. Jim Murray
Swapping a vice with other is not the solution. Coffee is NOT healthy. It's an addictive harmful drug just like cocaine. People all over this comment section just prove it.
in the 70's i was diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee as it would calm me down. i would sit with my mother and drink coffee, cream and sugar before she would go to work. it started me out on the roller coaster of life which led to alcohol and drug addiction. putting substances in my body to change how i feel. later in life i tried black coffee with mct oil and it led me to such intense cravings, it was like torturing myself; my day was ruined by 9am. my family members think its a complete joke as they waddle around with their obese bodies guzzling dunkin donuts and complaining of tiredness.. coffee is dangerous for alot of people with insulin issues and should be avoided. ive watched so many drunks switch to smoking and coffee and believe they are no longer addicted because they stopped drinking alcohol. until you can stop putting things in your body to change how you feel you will always be an addict and will never find peace
"diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee ".....something I have learned is to do the exact opposite the conventional health professionals (and government) tells me to do. Works well for me!
@@relentlessmadman plus migraines during and if don't have it for three days....also hyper and mood changes......plus depletes adrenals....osrry can't prove last....just my sense after years of trying it....no nothing is perfect but we have to limit bad exposures....you'll get enuf posons even if u try to be purist.....dr. still is on first leg of journey....older generation can get away with coffee......not if below 60.....or 70.....just observations
Coffee and tea both I have both caf and decaf. Decaf only after 2pm or so unless I have some emergency or major event late at night I need to be up for.
@@relentlessmadman take more Himalayan salt you may have low stomach acid. Also check your food mixings some foods need to be eaten alone or with specific food groups only for good digestion.
Omg I thought he was gonna tell me to give up my coffee. I get so much comfort from it and it gets me through the day. I must have about 4/5 cups of decaff a day....tell myself it's better than the snickers and bags of crisps I used to munch on!
Coffee (usually decaf) and liquid stevia are the last things in my life that ideally I could give up but I won’t. I choose not to. These truly make my days happier and keep everything else in check.
@codymadison9993 if you buy decaff (preferably organic, 100% Arabica bean) that is Swiss water processed, it does not have the chemicals of other decaff coffees.
Tea! Never been a fan of coffee but I love my tea. Especially that fresh cup I make in the early afternoons. I use loose leaf tea from places like China, Taiwan, Japan, India, and similar. It requires I spend a couple of minutes fiddling with infuser, the leaves themselves, waiting for water to boil, and a steeping. I then sit down, close my eyes, and spend a couple of minutes sipping the tea and relaxing. The entire process, including boiling the water, takes about 5 minutes, but its five minutes where I've separated myself from the chaos going on around me. That afternoon ritual is probably my favorite part of the day.
Tea is fun! Lots of different flavors and levels of caffeine, you can drink herbal sleepy teas in the evening too! I tend to forget I have a lot of tea around and that I like it!
I’m three months into being a ketogenarian and also love my coffee. However, I was still experiencing real difficulty getting to sleep at night, so had to reduce my caffeine intake. Even when having only one “proper” coffee first thing in the morning and the remainder decaf, I was still suffering with insomnia, so I cut out caffeine altogether and now only drink decaf. I still enjoy my coffee even though every cup is decaf. I know decaf has traces of caffeine, but significantly less, and I am sleeping better.
Me too! My doctor said some people metabolize caffeine at a slower rate, and suggested not having any caffeine (or chocolate) after 12 noon. I only started drinking coffee 2-3 years ago while trying to reduce my Diet Cola habit. In spite of being a sugar hound, I have adapted to decaf that is 2/3rds reduced fat milk. It tastes sweet to me now - I am grateful for that. Maybe I'll try that at other times in the day after seeing this talk.
My wife and I went on an all-in holiday in Gambia a few Christmases ago. There was filtered coffee - as much as you could drink. We had a headache and were a bit jittery for a day or so and out it down to jet-lag. Found out at holiday end that the coffee was ersatz - probably chicory or some such but tasted ok. Anyway, we came back detoxed from caffeine after decades of addiction and decided to carry on. Bought decaffeinated coffee beans and they tasted great and we have never looked back. The taste fulfils the need and the sleep is wonderful. Try decaffeinated coifed beans - you will never regret it.
@@kathy32850 Hi Kathy. Don't know from which country you hail. If the UK, Marks and Spencer carry Columbian decaff beans which are really good. I am sure that Amazon will source decaff beans from wherever you are. Jim Murray
Whew...I thought you were going to say stop drinking coffee and we were just gonna have to break up LOL I think in our "diet" mentality of giving everything up....coffee is my savings grace
Emmy : I too think organic is quite important considering that it is something that we consume every day at least once, usually more. Unfortunately, the apricot and mango teas I enjoy are not organic but I’m not using a lot of that anyway.
Yeah, I'm sitting here with my first cup, was almost too scared to watch this vid...whew! I used to sit for a few hours at my small town McD's and sip coffee whilst surfing the web. Post-COVID, I'm a Keurig man....Walmart sells house brand K-cup coffee I like for around 25 cents per K-cup....
I had the same experience. After giving up coffee for 9 years, I tried it again and have no problem. Actually, I believe the problem was the creamer, now I drink it black.
I have more recently gotten into the ritual I'm drinking black coffee and skipping breakfast. This practice helps me to maintain an intermittent fasting regimen.
My morning butter coffee has become so essential. I actually look forward to it when I wake up. Something so rich and almost sinful that makes it possible for me to fast through the day is like a double miracle!
Thenk goodness! Having a cup of coffee with a splash of cream satisfies me and takes the place of something with sweetener, which causes carb cravings for me.
As an athlete, competitive cyclist, coffee is a huge part of the day. The caffeine hit after a hard training ride helps with recovery by opening up blood flow. It can also turn you around mid ride when feeling fatigued.
Don't we all just LOVE it when a doctor says that coffee is just ok ?! 😊😊 I add salt to my coffee and that has really solved my heart arrhythmia issue. For quite a while I restricted myself to only 2 small cups of coffee a day trusting that would solve my issue bit it did not . Now I drink 3 to 4 small cups a day , add salt and I'm dandy......
@@dianalivingconsciously9013 You know what, I like it! I did have 2 cups of salted coffee yesterday and I literally didn't feel that "shaky" thing from caffeine. Thanks!
In Tibet they drink a strong Tea with salt and butter instead of sugar and milk. I was told it helped with living at high altitudes. The first sip was a shock but I grew to love it. Thanks for that hint, I'll try it in my butter coffee !
May I suggest you try mango or apricot teas? I get mine sent from Harney and Sons (this is not a promotion ) but I discovered it quite recently and find both delicious for the summer.
Thank you for giving the thumbs up on coffee! It is my greatest vice on carnivore and keto. In fact, I almost quit the carnivore/keto lifestyle because of all the coffee haters saying we couldn’t have coffee on it. I’m so glad I didn’t listen to them. I totally agree it is my serotonin grab! Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for being real. I was giving myself such a hard time for drinking 0 calorie Bang drinks for a ‘snack’ and felt so guilty. Water was always all I drank. It’s nice to know it’s ‘ok’ to have something else 😃
No doctor is perfect either....a case of coke and bags of M&M per day...OMG!! What makes him "perfect" now is that he has made his own journey through the deep fat forest and can help us all with direct first hand expereince coupled with factual science. A real doctor.
I have never had the link between concentration and dopamine explained before. That helps me understand why I crave chocolate so much when under pressure at work & unber standing is the first step in finding an effective way to manage then remove them problem.
Doc I love my coffee but the caffeine later in the day prevents me from sleeping. I drink regular coffee early and decaf later. Thank you for being here for us.
Hi doc! I personally love coffee so much to the point of addiction. After I started my ketogenic diet a couple of years ago and managed to reverse my diabetes and insulin resistance I turned my attention to my adrenal fatigue. I learned in that journey that caffeine is a neurotoxin and an endocrine disruptor in that it has a negative effect on the hormonal balance especially the adrenal gland hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, so I decided to drink only decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for almost a year. Now I feel much better in terms of sleep cycle and stress. Recently I turned my attention to my iron deficiency which in my case is originating from low stomach acid, so I started supplementing with iron. The problem I faced was that my morning cup of coffee is definitely going to block the absorption of that iron pill which I also take in the morning. So I decided to drop that morning cup of coffee, which is my only cup of coffee. It's been now 2 weeks coffee free. I never felt any better. I'm really surprised that you say that coffee is ok when you know very well that, along with tea, it blocks the absorption of many nutrients like iron. I'm convinced that caffeine in coffee and tea is bad for health, not to mention the other constituents they contain.
Finally, another sane person in this comments thread who is not just another caffeine addict thanking the doc for permission to carry on with their drug of choice.
Caffeine is more toxic to some than others. It's all about how efficient your liver is at making enzymes to break down the caffeine so it has minimal impact on other biochemical functions. That's the explainable reason why some people can consume copious amount of caffeine and it has minimal negative effects.
Thanks ! I suffer from excess Iron so for me your comment is a cue to drink more coffee lol. Seriously we are all different. If two coffees a day enables me to succeed in my life which some would call stressful, then I reckon the good outweighs the bad. For me.
@@hendrickadalm3294 I have hemachromatosis also hence regular blood checks. Strangely, since keto, I was actually anaemic 2 tests ago. and low level normal on the next. I'll keep you posted !
My mother-in-law drank several cups of coffee a day and loved her chocolates!! She lived to be 2 month shy of 98 years old.As the old saying goes I’ll drink to that
Yes..God only, decides our Check out Time. Quality of Life is more important than Quantity. to some of us.though . There are Some Diseases you don t want to take into your 90,s, no matter how much Coffee you get to Drink ... Stories Like that always come from People that are not going to Change their "Habits" until the "Unthinkable" happens and affliction sets in, unfortunately.. It s Fatalistic. the same way People Repeat ,. "Everybody dies from something".. Receive Jesus and Live Again. : )
I love decaf coffee!🙂 I've been drinking it for years even after I broke my caffeine addiction. I love the taste. However, I got back on caffeine a few months ago when I started keto to help prolong my fast. I start the morning with decaf, and have my real coffee around noon. Any later and it messes with my sleep.
I wasn’t able to verbalize this but you stated it well. Since I love coffee and use it this way I make sure it’s as fresh as possible. It just makes me so happy. It’s also the same for me with carbonated water like Topo Chico or San Peligrino. It just calms me.
That might be so for some people, but not all. My coffee consumption does not affect my anxiety or sleep. Coffee relaxes me, especially when drunk in a social setting with friends or family. When alone, I find it grounding and it distracts from current anxiety.
I love this! I needed the justification to keep drinking coffee 😂 I've been struggling with the idea to be more healthy and quitting coffee. It doesn't affect my sleep, I can go weeks without and have no withdrawals and I love the taste so that's why I want it. I only drink it as a morning ritual and occasionally in the afternoon if there is good tasting coffee available. Otherwise I don't crave it. So thnx for this, I will drink my two cups a day with no guilt from now on 😍😍😘
Thank you! I love my coffee, and with my eating lifestyle that I have had to change to be healthier I didn’t want to give up my coffee. I just like the warm taste of it in the mornings. Sometimes with MCT and butter in it:
Thanks for your honesty. None of us are perfect and rigidity does lead to crash and burn consequences. I don’t know why I never put the dopamine/serotonin link together with coffee before. Hormones are complex!
Yes, same here. AFIB actually. For me caffeine is a very dangerous drug. Magnesium seems to help a bit. B1 doesn't appear to help at all at least in my case.
That makes so much sense. I started drinking tea and coffee habitually as I got higher up in academia. I've started drinking cacao and decaffeinated tea and coffee in the afternoon so it doesn't interfere with my sleep. I dont think I could finish my PhD without it!
Even at my highest weight I never drank my calories. I didn't grow up on soda or juice so it was never appealing to me. For me it is bread like things. Doesn't necessarily have to be sweet
Love my coffee....never going to give it up. I was told my acid reflux was because of coffee...I cut out my carbs (20mg per day) but kept the coffee and my reflux went away ...magic !!! Thanks for sharing Doc God bless Gilly wife of Mark
Great video. I love coffee. I’m trying to cut back though because of adrenal fatigue. The rationale is that coffee causes your adrenals to release cortisol and adrenaline, and if you have over stressed adrenals, they can burn out and stop working normally. This often shows up with sleep problems like difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Of course, your adrenals can become over stressed because of physical and emotional stresses. Coffee simply adds workload to the adrenals. Also, the brain adapts to the amount of caffeine you consume so I would love to be able to get similar dopamine benefits from coffee but with less coffee.
Listen to your own body. Robert has his own bias just like every other human and just hasn't believed the people who do badly on caffeine. Some get panic attacks from it if they are generating predisposed to getting them from stimulants - even at a low dose. I work in mental health and it exasperates me how many psychiatrists prescribe powerful and addictive benzodiazepines to patients with anxiety, before they even suggest trialling getting off caffeine.
Wow!!!! Freed from guilt at last. Whew. I knew that something was happening to offset the dopamine from concentrating, learning as much as I can, creating as much as I can, and omg, at last, I have found a peace. Darby Lettik
Def love my coffee... usually only eat meat... but my hardest to kick thing has been the Cabernet... I quit smoking cold turkey over 13 years ago. I cut carbs and that really didnt bother me... but the red wine in the evenings has def my hardest challenge! So, I def admire when i hear you say things like we are not perfect and that even things like coffee are ok even if they are def not the best for you :)
Thank you for this! I have tried in the distant past more than once to quit coffee, and I just can't. I always came back. Now I drink my coffee and enjoy every yummy sip!
I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found your channel. I had the gastric sleeve 12 years ago and lost 100+ pounds, but I have gained 45 back. I started Keto 6 months ago and I am successfully well on my way back to health. You are the only place I have found that understands the carb addiction aspect of this journey. I am finding hope for the addiction stress that I am experiencing. It just seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel with my addiction, but now I can learn your strategies to get through. Thank you
Good to hear that coffee works for you. Others have quite a different experience. For me coffee delivers a rush of energy for a couple of hours followed by extreme tiredness. Also while coffee has no calories itself it destabilizes my blood sugar level which results in eating foods high in sugar. This is the last thing needed for a person trying to loose fat, obviously.
@@tjburr1968 Yes, I am sure based on 20+ years of experience. For me drinking coffee also leads to bonking (hitting the wall) when running or cycling, a phenomenon of low blood sugar. In this situation you will eat anything around that ist high in sugar even out of a trashcan. This does not happen when not drinking coffee. There are also secondary symptoms like knee pain and diarrhea. So coffee is not for everyone.
You are great!!! I just discovered you today. I have listened to a bunch of doctors on CZcams, but you are the first that gelled with me. I know I am on the right track.
A work colleague once asked me if I chose one for the rest of my life, coffee or alcohol, what would it be? I answered coffee in any form without thinking. And that’s despite the fact that I really enjoy craft beers and fine reds, even if it is much less often nowadays. Am down 13 kg using a combo of IF and keto with one cheat day a week. Slow but steady wins the race.
And you are going to be fun at party's. Seriously though between people being healthy and being nymphos ruining there relationships and marriages then you have probably around a quarter of Americans in psych medicine. Then most of us eating junk food everyday who really lives a perfect life does everything right and takes no mind altering drugs like even drink once a month. Probably around 2-7 percent of the population
I love my coffee too! Thanks again for the reminder to stop trying to be perfect. This has helped me so much since you did the video on the character types. Looking forward to the vid on artificial sweeteners. I have stopped all sweeteners for the month of January.
Dr. Rob, you are becoming my #1 Keto/Carnivore Doc! I have been struggling with my coffee consumption lately wondering if it is the culprit with loose stools and bloating transitioning from keto to carnivore (only been 1.5 mos.) I love my butter coffees in the morning (only two) and don't want to give them up!
You raise great points. I stopped drinking coffee for a period of time and I will start again after I certain time when I feel it is right just to see if it affects my health or my sleep.
Salty buttered popcorn plus M&M's plus CocaCola. Wonderful. One evening watching a movie, I gave the combination to the little boy who became a nephew. He loved it. Fell asleep in my lap. Woke up a few minutes later to throw it up on my new Calvin Klein sports jacket. The end.
Dr Cywes, I had to downsize my coffee intake. I had already swapped to instant coffee to go on having lots of cups along the day. In bed at night my leftside belly ached a lot each time. One day I decided to cut all of it but for two 50ml cups in the morning and one cup at 6-7pm plus some in the milk later on. Problem solved. No more pain. Not missing the long string of coffee intake events during the day. Cheers!
I'm an endurance swimmer and swim between 2-8 hours at a time. I have a problem with gastric reflux when swimming if I eat anything with oil, fat and protein. What I can eat before I swim in large quantities for energy before I swim without suffering is Sour dough bred with potato flakes. I can't eat whole grain bread even because it too causes reflux for when swimming longer than an hour. So I eat up about a half a loaf of sour dough bread and can swim up to 8 hours with loads of energy and no problems with gastric reflux. Coffee is a killer before swimming but I do enjoy a cup of decaf after I'm done. Caffeine raised my b/p slightly so I avoid it. Some people are more Sensitive than others. I'm so happy coffee works for you to reduce your caloric intake. Enjoying your videos. Thank you.
I like the don't be a perfectionist suggestion. Also, I work at not over thinking or obsessing about diet. In 6 months I've reversed 9 years T2 diabetes, lost over 30 lbs to get in normal weight range. Very low carb foods Healthy fats. Working on a sustainable maintenance program. Love coffee. Do you think it stops autophagy? Some Drs recommend water &salt fasts only for autophagy.
I am the weirdo that loves coffee, but not the jitters. I started "brewing" my green tea in my morning cup of coffee to help with my mood.....and the angels started to sing! 😂 Honestly, the l-theanine effects on my demeanor have been noticable to everyone around me. I love coffee, and this mix makes me human. Love your talk!❤
I agree with your assertion that coffee does not cause acid reflux. I used to get it really bad. Eating packets of antacids a week. Reduced it by eating gluten free for a year. Removed it completely when going carni at the end of 2018. I only quit coffee about a month ago.
I like this Dr. he speaks from experience and knowledge. By the way, I do a boat load of carbs when racing my bike. However, I water fast for five days every 30 days. I'm flexible.
Coffee & a product called Zevia helped ween me off sugar soda. Now I'm down to just coffee (cream maybe, no sugar), tea (no sugar) or water. I'm definitely sparing myself 2 cans or more of soda a day, as compared to several years ago. May still drink bourbon. Don't judge me, haha
I am a chiropractor who recently started eating ketovore/carnivore who has lost 40 pounds in very short order. I believed that fat made me fat and salt would make me have a heart attack and all of the other "bullshit" that the world would have you believe until you and Dr Berry have completely changed my way of thinking! Thank you so much!!!!! I have one question though, I have helped thousands of people stop having lower back pain by stopping them from drinking caffeine and drinking more water. I truly don't completely understand why this works but I can assure you that it does work. So I am hoping that maybe you can shed some light on why it works so well? Is it getting them off of sugary drinks that causes them to not have back spasms anymore or was it caffeine that I had suspected that performs as a diuretic that I thought it was or is there something else that I am just not putting together? I would truly appreciate your input. Once again thank you so much for all of the work that you do, I would not have ever changed my way of eating without input from someone as educated as you explaining to me what I was doing to my body by eating all of those carbs.
I am writing this 1 year after your post, Matt, so you likely will not see this. I have such frequent back pain with almost any exertion - granted I am a senior citizen, but this seems almost inexplicable. I am going totally caffeine free to see if this situation improves. You never know when your own story will help someone else!
@@Pondapple please let me know if it works for you! I assure you it has helped many of my patients! If not you can always go back to drinking caffeine again anyway.
Thank you so very very much. I have been stressing about having to give up my tea with sweet-n-low. I gave up diet coke (that I have been drinking since 1978) and substituted with my green tea. Then I started hearing that I can't have my sweetener.... On top of that people saying that I have to drink black coffee (YUK!) I just started my carnivore/keto way of eating. I'm a natural meat eater and have already had a mind change that I don't want that junk food in my body ever again. It has been about 6 weeks. No, I'm not seeing body changes, but there is major mind change. At any rate, I did not want to have to give up my tea or my coffee...especially my tea. I drink over 100 ounces a day of tea. That would have been a deal breaker for me. Thank you again for letting me know I can still stay on this path of eating.
I don’t think any addictions are healthy. I feel so much better now that it is gone. It impeded my iron absorption so it wasn’t trivial for me. My iron went from 8 to 20 in 2 months when I gave it up. I only drink water. My favorite is carbonated water these days. I am very satisfied and don’t want anything else.
I agree. I respect Dr Cywes but he clearly has a caffeine addiction telling us the coffee is a bridge. I think it’s an addiction transfer. From one substance to another.
roundasapound It is an addiction. But what he is saying he rather use coffee as his choice to satisfy rather than carbs. There are other choices... but this is what he chose. I chose it too. Some people love the taste of coffee. Once a carb addicted you have to find other avenues to distract from cravings. This is what he is saying. I am also in the medical field and very little data in coffee and tea intake as being truly harmful. What the medical research lacks is how harmful sugar/carbs really is.
@@janetmichelle6829I agree. he says he's addicted to it but it's better than what he used to do. I'm the same. Coffee is what keeps me on the straight and narrow. It's the lesser of many other evils. 😊
Thanks Doc. I needed this confirmation. I only have two coffees a day, one after each meal because that is all I need. It pacifies my soul and that helps me keep far away from carbs.
Dopamine buildup --> seratonin relief. NOW I understand WHY when I'm stressing to do a task/project, pushing my time to prep a lesson, etc. WHY I keep wanting to stop and snack. True, I use food as a procrastination tool, and I felt guilty that I had such a bad "habit". But this explanation about the dopamine/endorphin/seratonin cycle, at least for me, gets even deeper under that. Thank you! Instead of using food as a relief, I can get just the seratonin relief needed with a brief taste of a favorite tea or coffee, etc. I am so grateful to have discovered your channel!
In 2020, I went keto/carnivore and within months lost 50 lbs, got off all meds and am now lean and even athletic at 62. I run circles around the 6 grandkids. I’m also drinking my 2-3 cups of delicious coffee every day and am not even remotely concerned.
Coffee has been proven to increase the life expectancy...of people near me.
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Over the years I’ve given up drugs, alcohol, and more recently given up carbs (treating it as an addiction, as you do, Doc, has helped me immensely) but if someone wants to take my coffee, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead, insulin resistant hands! 😂😂
Hahahahahahaha!! What a great laugh !!!!! I can give up anything and pretty much have - i went Carnivore 3 wks ago and omg I feel amazing and miss NOTHING . But let me tell you - I will not give up my coffee !!!!!!!!
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You didn't gave up all the drugs. You're completely attached to the crap coffee. It's just a vice like alcohol, sugar and cocaine and you're proving it.
Pathetic.
Coffee has been shown to help guard against Parkinson’s and Dementia and I have been doing a pot a day for 65 years and do not take ANY medications. Don’t expect to quit anytime soon.
It's also shown to contribute to esophageal cancer, stomach cancer and other problems
That and nicotine. I prob won’t ever use it, but if I’m old one day and it would enhance my cognition, then sure
@@matthewhunter6421 Recent studies don’t show that coffee is tied to stomach or esophageal cancer.
Only helps if you don't pour flavoring/ sugar in it.
But it does have thiaminase in it which depletes thiamine "B1". Drinking several cups everyday is a good way to get BeriBeri like many do from their drive-throughs
My moms aunt is 102 years old
She still enjoy her cup of Colombian coffee every morning and another one in the afternoon.
@wulfgar3000 tks for the information
You could've just said your great aunt
@@mickeyxoxo5363 Well, it might have been his Dad's aunt. But it wasn't: it was his Mom's aunt!
I do the same thing a coffee in the morning with some butter and sometime in the afternoon black coffee and that's it
Ah Colombian coffee, the second best stimulant to grow in Colombian soil.
My psychiatrist told me, "perfect is the enemy of the good." It's helped me realize I can do my best which is not perfect, but I'm doing good.
No, grammar. I’m doing well. You may also be doing good and I pray that you are doing good things, but when you’re well and life is well and your family, work and ect. I find myself doing well. I also do good! All in fun lol. Enjoy life!
Black coffee and salted butter blended to a delicious froth! Mmmmmmmmm
Yeah, sure is tasty, but damn does it make me fat.
@@Underwaterer you don't get fat from 100 calories of butter. You get fat from constantly over doing it
@@thakraken6995 butter (saturated fat ) alone does not make you fat . It’s constant snacking , carbs , processed foods and sugar .
Yyyyyyyyaaaaassssssssss!!!!!!!!!
Blended in blender or using one of those frothers?
I gave up coffee for a month before I did a full lipid panel, because Dr. Paul Mason said that for *some people* coffee can raise triglycerides. I did a little N of 1 experiment. I am happy to report that abstaining from coffee had zero effect on my triglycerides, or any other lipid markers.
As soon as I got my results, I put in a batch of cold brew mocha using my French press... coffee plus 1/2 cup of CrioBru (coffee nibs you brew like coffee). Next morning, I put 4tbs of the cold brew concentrate and a tablespoon of grassfed butter, teaspoon of beef gelatin (makes the froth frothier), poured boiling water half way, used the milk frother to whip the butter into a froth, added more water to fill the cup... after a month away from coffee or mocha, this was a cup of heaven.
Lol ok
You should write a coffee book!
I been drinking coffee since I was 6,my grandmother gave me my first cup. i love the stuff! only drink it black. i am now 78 years of age.
God bless and many more years
aga!only black!
My grandmother always drank black coffee. I wish I could get into it. Coffee without a bit of milk & sugar is just too bitter for me. Any suggestions? Brand or roast?
Sarah,
I was told, if you add a small amount of salt to your cup of coffee, it removes the bitterness.
I don’t know.
I prefer light roast peaberry coffee that has flavor without bitterness.
The peaberry coffees have one coffee bean in the pod, not two.
In my experience, it is the dark roast coffee that has more bitterness.
I woukd think how it is prepared makes coffee more bitter, also.
I prefer cold brew, light roast, peaberry coffee for full flavor and pleasant taste.
@@backpackingonline yes I do enjoy the light roasts. I have yet to try the "blonde" roasts. I'll definitely have to find the peaberry coffee you talk about. It sounds like my cup of tea 😊. Thanks for the suggestions. ☕
"Be factual in your argument, not emotive." Love that!
Very hard to do at times though!
This whole keto thing is a second chance at feeling and being healthy. A life of destruction suddenly corrected. Glad I found out.
Keto should mean nothing more than eating normally, before the industrialization,modernization and globalization of agriculture(every vegetable/legume/grain you eat is genetically modified) you would not be able to eat as many carbs as you can now because they were simply not available, everyone before was in ketosis for the majority of the year just think about it
Incorporate fasting! That’s real recalibration!
Glad I found you Dr. Cywes! You and Dr. Ken Berry are really so easy to listen to and to understand and it all makes sense! I have hope again that I can make a change in my health
Dr. Berry drinks coffee with butter in it……
One 20oz cup of fresh ground coffee, 2tsp erythritol, 2 tblsp double (heavy) cream. This stops me snacking, craving and is my once a day treat and helps me keep keto ❤️ Love your chats 😘
Me too! It's my staple and helps me stay in Keto
Are you able to loose weight with coffee.
Erythritol is pure poison, look up the latest research and see what it does to your stomach and organs. Don’t use any sugar substitutes.
Add 1 tsp organic coconut oil to your first cup in the Am. At 16 hours plus IMF, it takes the edge off:)- keeps my fast going without feeling deprived.
Ditto 😊
My coffee is like a warm hug.
My coffee is my pre-workout prep (warm-up).
Ron Clark Same here, in the morning when fasting
@@Sherukka Yes! fasted state.
In a mug!
A warm hug with benefits.😆❤
This was timely. I gave up carbs and sugar. I unconsciously started to drink sparkling water. It seemed like a non guilty treat to me as there is no sugar, or sweetners, or anything but carbonated water and some essence of lime (my favorite). I did not realize until this video that it was my serotonin high that I was chasing. I just knew it was what I liked and I didn't even realize that as an addict I NEEDED to replace one addiction with another and that other one needed to be healthy and non harmful. I am viciously defensive of my sparkling water. I LOVE it.
It makes perfect sense. The first thing we have to realize is that this overeating and carb/sugar problem is an addiction and needs to be treated as such. Thanks for your no nonsense approach of education that really hits home.
I’m doing sparkling water too! It’s my ‘bridge’ now.
I like Lime Sparkling water too Perrier also has Pineapple.
With all the lovely-tasting mineral waters around, why have they not brought out powders that have the same taste as these wonderful mineral waters like Perrier or Badoit etc?
So that a half teaspoonful of the powder added to artificially carbonated water and voila!
Save a fortune and do not add to the plastic-filled environment!
Take it away you entrepreneurs.
Jim Murray
Swapping a vice with other is not the solution. Coffee is NOT healthy. It's an addictive harmful drug just like cocaine. People all over this comment section just prove it.
I love sparkling water too! but my bladder gets all angry about it. 😞meh! dont know why. just grateful its at least good with coffee 🙂
When the COVID pandemic hit, the first thing I did was run and stocked up on my coffee. I could go without food, but not without coffee🇱🇷
Us too
in the 70's i was diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee as it would calm me down. i would sit with my mother and drink coffee, cream and sugar before she would go to work. it started me out on the roller coaster of life which led to alcohol and drug addiction. putting substances in my body to change how i feel. later in life i tried black coffee with mct oil and it led me to such intense cravings, it was like torturing myself; my day was ruined by 9am. my family members think its a complete joke as they waddle around with their obese bodies guzzling dunkin donuts and complaining of tiredness.. coffee is dangerous for alot of people with insulin issues and should be avoided. ive watched so many drunks switch to smoking and coffee and believe they are no longer addicted because they stopped drinking alcohol. until you can stop putting things in your body to change how you feel you will always be an addict and will never find peace
suum cuique
Natural dopamine levels rising is the "addiction". We all are looking for triggers to control it. That's the visible part of the addiction we all see.
Very interesting insight, I do believe you are accurate.
"diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee ".....something I have learned is to do the exact opposite the conventional health professionals (and government) tells me to do. Works well for me!
Probably quite true but what about choosing the lesser of the various evils. I.e. donuts vs coffee?
Coffee gives me anxiety and insomnia, causing me to crave carbs like crazy. It's not my friend. We're all different!
heart burn Anyone?
@@relentlessmadman plus migraines during and if don't have it for three days....also hyper and mood changes......plus depletes adrenals....osrry can't prove last....just my sense after years of trying it....no nothing is perfect but we have to limit bad exposures....you'll get enuf posons even if u try to be purist.....dr. still is on first leg of journey....older generation can get away with coffee......not if below 60.....or 70.....just observations
Coffee and tea both I have both caf and decaf. Decaf only after 2pm or so unless I have some emergency or major event late at night I need to be up for.
Depends on your blood group. Get the book by Peter D'Adamo!!!
@@relentlessmadman take more Himalayan salt you may have low stomach acid. Also check your food mixings some foods need to be eaten alone or with specific food groups only for good digestion.
Omg I thought he was gonna tell me to give up my coffee. I get so much comfort from it and it gets me through the day. I must have about 4/5 cups of decaff a day....tell myself it's better than the snickers and bags of crisps I used to munch on!
Make sure it’s organic decaff coffee
Coffee (usually decaf) and liquid stevia are the last things in my life that ideally I could give up but I won’t. I choose not to. These truly make my days happier and keep everything else in check.
Yes! I just switched to a great decaf for the afternoon. I have to have a favorite beverage, other than water.
I said that too, then tried going cold turkey...and suddenly forgot all about it
Haven't had it in over 5 years
Same here
I think regular coffee is safer than decaf. the process to remove caffeine uses lots of chemicals.
@codymadison9993 if you buy decaff (preferably organic, 100% Arabica bean) that is Swiss water processed, it does not have the chemicals of other decaff coffees.
Tea!
Never been a fan of coffee but I love my tea. Especially that fresh cup I make in the early afternoons. I use loose leaf tea from places like China, Taiwan, Japan, India, and similar. It requires I spend a couple of minutes fiddling with infuser, the leaves themselves, waiting for water to boil, and a steeping. I then sit down, close my eyes, and spend a couple of minutes sipping the tea and relaxing.
The entire process, including boiling the water, takes about 5 minutes, but its five minutes where I've separated myself from the chaos going on around me.
That afternoon ritual is probably my favorite part of the day.
That’s sad to hear.
Perfect
Tea is fun! Lots of different flavors and levels of caffeine, you can drink herbal sleepy teas in the evening too!
I tend to forget I have a lot of tea around and that I like it!
It's been said : Tea's for women and coffee's for men. And gin & tonic make women cry. Just sayin', folks...
So that's your serotonin moment.
Growing, roasting, grinding and infusing coffee with hot water was the creation of an absolute genius.
That was the creation of evil
@@omariam05 says who? Allah?
I’m three months into being a ketogenarian and also love my coffee. However, I was still experiencing real difficulty getting to sleep at night, so had to reduce my caffeine intake. Even when having only one “proper” coffee first thing in the morning and the remainder decaf, I was still suffering with insomnia, so I cut out caffeine altogether and now only drink decaf. I still enjoy my coffee even though every cup is decaf. I know decaf has traces of caffeine, but significantly less, and I am sleeping better.
Me too! My doctor said some people metabolize caffeine at a slower rate, and suggested not having any caffeine (or chocolate) after 12 noon. I only started drinking coffee 2-3 years ago while trying to reduce my Diet Cola habit. In spite of being a sugar hound, I have adapted to decaf that is 2/3rds reduced fat milk. It tastes sweet to me now - I am grateful for that. Maybe I'll try that at other times in the day after seeing this talk.
My wife and I went on an all-in holiday in Gambia a few Christmases ago. There was filtered coffee - as much as you could drink. We had a headache and were a bit jittery for a day or so and out it down to jet-lag. Found out at holiday end that the coffee was ersatz - probably chicory or some such but tasted ok.
Anyway, we came back detoxed from caffeine after decades of addiction and decided to carry on.
Bought decaffeinated coffee beans and they tasted great and we have never looked back.
The taste fulfils the need and the sleep is wonderful.
Try decaffeinated coifed beans - you will never regret it.
I can't find whole decaf beans 😢
@@kathy32850
Hi Kathy.
Don't know from which country you hail.
If the UK, Marks and Spencer carry Columbian decaff beans which are really good.
I am sure that Amazon will source decaff beans from wherever you are.
Jim Murray
Incredible how people still don't understand that coffee is a drug and a dangerous one. Look at the commentary. No difference from crack addicts.
I just looked at the clock , its coffee thirty .
Love this man. He has a great sense of humour. Thanks Doc! Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦
Whew...I thought you were going to say stop drinking coffee and we were just gonna have to break up LOL I think in our "diet" mentality of giving everything up....coffee is my savings grace
LOL
Same here!
Me too, whew! Lol. Got to have my coffee but only Organic!
Emmy : I too think organic is quite important considering that it is something that we consume every day at least once, usually more. Unfortunately, the apricot and mango teas I enjoy are not organic but I’m not using a lot of that anyway.
Yeah, I'm sitting here with my first cup, was almost too scared to watch this vid...whew! I used to sit for a few hours at my small town McD's and sip coffee whilst surfing the web. Post-COVID, I'm a Keurig man....Walmart sells house brand K-cup coffee I like for around 25 cents per K-cup....
I was having muscle pains in different part of my body. I decided to quit my 4 cups of coffee a day (that I love) and the pains went away like magic.
I had the same experience. After giving up coffee for 9 years, I tried it again and have no problem. Actually, I believe the problem was the creamer, now I drink it black.
Maybe the problem was dehydration from the caffeine. But your experience is very interesting.
It’s a plant, some people are sensitive…sorry to hear about your loss.
I drink half caf and a little butter instead of cream.
I'm addicted and it's not always a good thing. It messes with your sleep, increases stress hormones and drains you of nutrients and electrolytes.
I have more recently gotten into the ritual I'm drinking black coffee and skipping breakfast. This practice helps me to maintain an intermittent fasting regimen.
My morning butter coffee has become so essential. I actually look forward to it when I wake up. Something so rich and almost sinful that makes it possible for me to fast through the day is like a double miracle!
Thenk goodness! Having a cup of coffee with a splash of cream satisfies me and takes the place of something with sweetener, which causes carb cravings for me.
As an athlete, competitive cyclist, coffee is a huge part of the day. The caffeine hit after a hard training ride helps with recovery by opening up blood flow. It can also turn you around mid ride when feeling fatigued.
Nice BS, right here. Drug addict.
Don't we all just LOVE it when a doctor says that coffee is just ok ?! 😊😊
I add salt to my coffee and that has really solved my heart arrhythmia issue. For quite a while I restricted myself to only 2 small cups of coffee a day trusting that would solve my issue bit it did not . Now I drink 3 to 4 small cups a day , add salt and I'm dandy......
Excuse me, may I ask how much salt? I'm interested in trying this :) Thank you!
@@niekasvisagalis8446 just a pinch !
@@dianalivingconsciously9013 You know what, I like it! I did have 2 cups of salted coffee yesterday and I literally didn't feel that "shaky" thing from caffeine. Thanks!
@@niekasvisagalis8446 Good for you, glad to help !
In Tibet they drink a strong Tea with salt and butter instead of sugar and milk. I was told it helped with living at high altitudes. The first sip was a shock but I grew to love it. Thanks for that hint, I'll try it in my butter coffee !
Coffee is great! Teas are great! Carbonated mineral water is great (I personally prefer St. Pellegrino).
tiredlookingforname that’s my choice of water too 👍🏼
May I suggest you try mango or apricot teas? I get mine sent from Harney and Sons (this is not a promotion ) but I discovered it quite recently and find both delicious for the summer.
Isn't it Bad for the bones?
I like Soda Stream carbonated water for a change, but gotta have my morning coffee! I do drink decaf in the afternoons, or I won't sleep!
Yes to all 3 - San P. addict, too!
Falling in love more and more every day with the work that you do! Thank you, Dr. Cywes!
Thank you for giving the thumbs up on coffee! It is my greatest vice on carnivore and keto. In fact, I almost quit the carnivore/keto lifestyle because of all the coffee haters saying we couldn’t have coffee on it. I’m so glad I didn’t listen to them. I totally agree it is my serotonin grab! Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for being real. I was giving myself such a hard time for drinking 0 calorie Bang drinks for a ‘snack’ and felt so guilty. Water was always all I drank. It’s nice to know it’s ‘ok’ to have something else 😃
Yes, Dr. Cywes! No human being is perfect! Thank you!
Our brains are so crafty. Once we introduce something that it likes, it never lets us forget.
No doctor is perfect either....a case of coke and bags of M&M per day...OMG!!
What makes him "perfect" now is that he has made his own journey through the deep fat forest and can help us all with direct first hand expereince coupled with factual science. A real doctor.
I have never had the link between concentration and dopamine explained before. That helps me understand why I crave chocolate so much when under pressure at work & unber standing is the first step in finding an effective way to manage then remove them problem.
Doc I love my coffee but the caffeine later in the day prevents me from sleeping. I drink regular coffee early and decaf later. Thank you for being here for us.
Same here.
Try Swiss Water processed coffee. This removes 99% of the caffeine. You’ll have no issues sleeping.
I love my coffee! But, no caffeine for me after 3pm!
Hi doc! I personally love coffee so much to the point of addiction. After I started my ketogenic diet a couple of years ago and managed to reverse my diabetes and insulin resistance I turned my attention to my adrenal fatigue. I learned in that journey that caffeine is a neurotoxin and an endocrine disruptor in that it has a negative effect on the hormonal balance especially the adrenal gland hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, so I decided to drink only decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for almost a year. Now I feel much better in terms of sleep cycle and stress. Recently I turned my attention to my iron deficiency which in my case is originating from low stomach acid, so I started supplementing with iron. The problem I faced was that my morning cup of coffee is definitely going to block the absorption of that iron pill which I also take in the morning. So I decided to drop that morning cup of coffee, which is my only cup of coffee. It's been now 2 weeks coffee free. I never felt any better. I'm really surprised that you say that coffee is ok when you know very well that, along with tea, it blocks the absorption of many nutrients like iron. I'm convinced that caffeine in coffee and tea is bad for health, not to mention the other constituents they contain.
Finally, another sane person in this comments thread who is not just another caffeine addict thanking the doc for permission to carry on with their drug of choice.
Caffeine is more toxic to some than others. It's all about how efficient your liver is at making enzymes to break down the caffeine so it has minimal impact on other biochemical functions. That's the explainable reason why some people can consume copious amount of caffeine and it has minimal negative effects.
Thanks ! I suffer from excess Iron so for me your comment is a cue to drink more coffee lol. Seriously we are all different. If two coffees a day enables me to succeed in my life which some would call stressful, then I reckon the good outweighs the bad. For me.
It goes to show we are all unique. My body produces too much iron.( hemochromotosis) so my 2 cups of coffee a day do me no harm😊
@@hendrickadalm3294 I have hemachromatosis also hence regular blood checks. Strangely, since keto, I was actually anaemic 2 tests ago. and low level normal on the next. I'll keep you posted !
My mother-in-law drank several cups of coffee a day and loved her chocolates!! She lived to be 2 month shy of 98 years old.As the old saying goes I’ll drink to that
Yes..God only, decides our Check out Time. Quality of Life is more important than Quantity. to some of us.though . There are Some Diseases you don t want to take into your 90,s, no matter how much Coffee you get to Drink ... Stories Like that always come from People that are not going to Change their "Habits" until the "Unthinkable" happens and affliction sets in, unfortunately.. It s Fatalistic. the same way People Repeat ,. "Everybody dies from something".. Receive Jesus and Live Again. : )
if she made it thru child hood diseases she had good air, food, and water....less carbon dioxides, less toxins......you didn't...reduce your exposures
Just think she could have lived to 120+ had she avoided the choc's...
@@maxsage3362 B*S*. Excuses...
Purist: "bUt WhAt WaS iT tHaT kILleD hEr ThO"
I'm going to croak with or without coffee, and I don't believe that day is any sooner with.
I love decaf coffee!🙂 I've been drinking it for years even after I broke my caffeine addiction. I love the taste. However, I got back on caffeine a few months ago when I started keto to help prolong my fast. I start the morning with decaf, and have my real coffee around noon. Any later and it messes with my sleep.
Add a pinch of salt, makes it perfect.
Will try that one day ! thanks
Salt cuts the bitterness of the coffee, try a lighter roast.
Julie Morgan yes...I find I need that these days
Julie Morgan Navy coffee!
I absolutely concur !! It solved my heart-arrhythmia ! And I usually drink about 4 small cups a day 😊😊
I wasn’t able to verbalize this but you stated it well. Since I love coffee and use it this way I make sure it’s as fresh as possible. It just makes me so happy. It’s also the same for me with carbonated water like Topo Chico or San Peligrino. It just calms me.
Coffee is not good when you suffer from daily anxiety.
True. Even decaf does things to me because as my Dr explained it's not exactly 100% caffeine free.
That might be so for some people, but not all. My coffee consumption does not affect my anxiety or sleep. Coffee relaxes me, especially when drunk in a social setting with friends or family. When alone, I find it grounding and it distracts from current anxiety.
I do decaf after the first real cup.
I love this! I needed the justification to keep drinking coffee 😂 I've been struggling with the idea to be more healthy and quitting coffee. It doesn't affect my sleep, I can go weeks without and have no withdrawals and I love the taste so that's why I want it. I only drink it as a morning ritual and occasionally in the afternoon if there is good tasting coffee available. Otherwise I don't crave it. So thnx for this, I will drink my two cups a day with no guilt from now on 😍😍😘
Thank you! I love my coffee, and with my eating lifestyle that I have had to change to be healthier I didn’t want to give up my coffee. I just like the warm taste of it in the mornings. Sometimes with MCT and butter in it:
Thanks for your honesty. None of us are perfect and rigidity does lead to crash and burn consequences. I don’t know why I never put the dopamine/serotonin link together with coffee before. Hormones are complex!
I LOVE my coffee, but have to drink decaf because regular coffee gives me palpitations. 😔
Try 1/2 caffeine works for me.
Yes, same here. AFIB actually. For me caffeine is a very dangerous drug. Magnesium seems to help a bit. B1 doesn't appear to help at all at least in my case.
@@zenos.5315 that's what I use. Drink a cup in the morning and a cup around 3pm. Use stevia and heavy cream. Have no problems
That makes so much sense. I started drinking tea and coffee habitually as I got higher up in academia. I've started drinking cacao and decaffeinated tea and coffee in the afternoon so it doesn't interfere with my sleep.
I dont think I could finish my PhD without it!
You are still the marvelous Doctor that inspires me. Keep up the excellent videos to keep us on track. Greatly appreciated. Wish you were still local.
Even at my highest weight I never drank my calories. I didn't grow up on soda or juice so it was never appealing to me. For me it is bread like things. Doesn't necessarily have to be sweet
Love my coffee....never going to give it up.
I was told my acid reflux was because of coffee...I cut out my carbs (20mg per day) but kept the coffee and my reflux went away ...magic !!!
Thanks for sharing Doc
God bless
Gilly wife of Mark
Thanks Doc, am a 57 yr old truck driver, have had a 'few' cups of coffee in my time. Every thing you said resounded perfectly with me.
Doc, you give us such amazing information, going levels deeper into important issues! I'm addicted to carbs AND to your podcasts! Thank you SO much!
Great video. I love coffee. I’m trying to cut back though because of adrenal fatigue. The rationale is that coffee causes your adrenals to release cortisol and adrenaline, and if you have over stressed adrenals, they can burn out and stop working normally. This often shows up with sleep problems like difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Of course, your adrenals can become over stressed because of physical and emotional stresses. Coffee simply adds workload to the adrenals. Also, the brain adapts to the amount of caffeine you consume so I would love to be able to get similar dopamine benefits from coffee but with less coffee.
Just drink ur coffee....ur adrenals will thank you and be fine
@@robertcywes2966 Dr Berg says the contrary. How would you argue?
Listen to your own body. Robert has his own bias just like every other human and just hasn't believed the people who do badly on caffeine. Some get panic attacks from it if they are generating predisposed to getting them from stimulants - even at a low dose. I work in mental health and it exasperates me how many psychiatrists prescribe powerful and addictive benzodiazepines to patients with anxiety, before they even suggest trialling getting off caffeine.
Coffee is life!
Wow!!!! Freed from guilt at last. Whew. I knew that something was happening to offset the dopamine from concentrating, learning as much as I can, creating as much as I can, and omg, at last, I have found a peace.
Darby Lettik
Def love my coffee... usually only eat meat... but my hardest to kick thing has been the Cabernet... I quit smoking cold turkey over 13 years ago. I cut carbs and that really didnt bother me... but the red wine in the evenings has def my hardest challenge! So, I def admire when i hear you say things like we are not perfect and that even things like coffee are ok even if they are def not the best for you :)
Coffee is the last item I have left from changing over to keto. Love it. Keeping it. Now I know it’s my dopamine/serotonin bridge....
This came into my feed while I was drinking a cup of coffee. So glad I can finish drinking it.
Thank you for this! I have tried in the distant past more than once to quit coffee, and I just can't. I always came back. Now I drink my coffee and enjoy every yummy sip!
I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found your channel. I had the gastric sleeve 12 years ago and lost 100+ pounds, but I have gained 45 back. I started Keto 6 months ago and I am successfully well on my way back to health. You are the only place I have found that understands the carb addiction aspect of this journey. I am finding hope for the addiction stress that I am experiencing. It just seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel with my addiction, but now I can learn your strategies to get through. Thank you
Good to hear that coffee works for you. Others have quite a different experience. For me coffee delivers a rush of energy for a couple of hours followed by extreme tiredness. Also while coffee has no calories itself it destabilizes my blood sugar level which results in eating foods high in sugar. This is the last thing needed for a person trying to loose fat, obviously.
That's interesting! Even black coffee affects blood sugar? As you say destabilizes it. U sure?
@@tjburr1968 Yes, I am sure based on 20+ years of experience. For me drinking coffee also leads to bonking (hitting the wall) when running or cycling, a phenomenon of low blood sugar. In this situation you will eat anything around that ist high in sugar even out of a trashcan. This does not happen when not drinking coffee. There are also secondary symptoms like knee pain and diarrhea. So coffee is not for everyone.
Drinking high caffeine drinks is like shooting starter fluid in the carburetor of a car.
It gives you a quick rush - but for a short time.
Great message! Caffeine free 1.5 years now for me so I rely on instant decaf to help me through the day. Works great when I don't forget my coffee!
A rational voice in an irrational world. Like breathing clean, pure air. Bravo, Dr Cywes.
You are great!!! I just discovered you today. I have listened to a bunch of doctors on CZcams, but you are the first that gelled with me. I know I am on the right track.
A work colleague once asked me if I chose one for the rest of my life, coffee or alcohol, what would it be? I answered coffee in any form without thinking. And that’s despite the fact that I really enjoy craft beers and fine reds, even if it is much less often nowadays. Am down 13 kg using a combo of IF and keto with one cheat day a week. Slow but steady wins the race.
Coffee: no carbs, artificial sweeteners: no carbs, heavy whipping cream: no carbs. That's all I need to know!
You forgot no fun!
Strong coffee with heavy whipping cream no sugar.
Heavy cream in tea is nice as well.
It's nice when life is so simple you can follow like a sheep. No thinking required. That's all you need to know.
And you are going to be fun at party's. Seriously though between people being healthy and being nymphos ruining there relationships and marriages then you have probably around a quarter of Americans in psych medicine. Then most of us eating junk food everyday who really lives a perfect life does everything right and takes no mind altering drugs like even drink once a month. Probably around 2-7 percent of the population
I love your honesty and bluntness , you go Doc !
I love my coffee too! Thanks again for the reminder to stop trying to be perfect. This has helped me so much since you did the video on the character types. Looking forward to the vid on artificial sweeteners. I have stopped all sweeteners for the month of January.
There's a good reason why I prefer decaf: normal coffee makes my heart race
I get headaches from normal coffee, headaches from hell. I love coffee but I love only my favorite decaf.
Un Perrier me too, very restless
@@Merege83 I get headaches too. I had to give up coffee!!
Decaf gives me heart palpitations.
To each their own, nothing wrong with decaf!
Dr. Rob, you are becoming my #1 Keto/Carnivore Doc! I have been struggling with my coffee consumption lately wondering if it is the culprit with loose stools and bloating transitioning from keto to carnivore (only been 1.5 mos.) I love my butter coffees in the morning (only two) and don't want to give them up!
You raise great points. I stopped drinking coffee for a period of time and I will start again after I certain time when I feel it is right just to see if it affects my health or my sleep.
Facts Dr just started watching your content and you clear up the extremes when it comes to Keto and carnivore
Yes! Thanks for the info! Please do more of these, like, like, LIKE!
Coca Cola M&M’s. You’re my brother from another mother. I’m Beth and I’m a carboholic too! I’m +3y KETO/heavy carnivore. Thank you for your work!
I used to eat a 1lb.bag of peanut m&ms before bed when I was in active addict mode.🤪❤
Salty buttered popcorn plus M&M's plus CocaCola. Wonderful. One evening watching a movie, I gave the combination to the little boy who became a nephew. He loved it. Fell asleep in my lap. Woke up a few minutes later to throw it up on my new Calvin Klein sports jacket. The end.
Dr Cywes, I had to downsize my coffee intake. I had already swapped to instant coffee to go on having lots of cups along the day. In bed at night my leftside belly ached a lot each time. One day I decided to cut all of it but for two 50ml cups in the morning and one cup at 6-7pm plus some in the milk later on. Problem solved. No more pain. Not missing the long string of coffee intake events during the day. Cheers!
I'm an endurance swimmer and swim between 2-8 hours at a time. I have a problem with gastric reflux when swimming if I eat anything with oil, fat and protein. What I can eat before I swim in large quantities for energy before I swim without suffering is Sour dough bred with potato flakes. I can't eat whole grain bread even because it too causes reflux for when swimming longer than an hour. So I eat up about a half a loaf of sour dough bread and can swim up to 8 hours with loads of energy and no problems with gastric reflux. Coffee is a killer before swimming but I do enjoy a cup of decaf after I'm done. Caffeine raised my b/p slightly so I avoid it. Some people are more Sensitive than others. I'm so happy coffee works for you to reduce your caloric intake. Enjoying your videos. Thank you.
"It takes a lot of work to be 300lbs and fat".
It takes a lot more work to be 300lbs and not fat
I found it pretty easy until I had to do something.
I like the don't be a perfectionist suggestion. Also, I work at not over thinking or obsessing about diet. In 6 months I've reversed 9 years T2 diabetes, lost over 30 lbs to get in normal weight range. Very low carb foods
Healthy fats. Working on a sustainable maintenance program. Love coffee. Do you think it stops autophagy? Some Drs recommend water &salt fasts only for autophagy.
I am the weirdo that loves coffee, but not the jitters. I started "brewing" my green tea in my morning cup of coffee to help with my mood.....and the angels started to sing! 😂 Honestly, the l-theanine effects on my demeanor have been noticable to everyone around me. I love coffee, and this mix makes me human. Love your talk!❤
I agree with your assertion that coffee does not cause acid reflux. I used to get it really bad. Eating packets of antacids a week. Reduced it by eating gluten free for a year. Removed it completely when going carni at the end of 2018. I only quit coffee about a month ago.
Whew, I read this and thought it said "Coffee is a killer"
I’m in with the coffee, I never drank sugary soda in my life
You are so incredibly helpful!!! Thank you! Jesus bless you!
I like this Dr. he speaks from experience and knowledge. By the way, I do a boat load of carbs when racing my bike. However, I water fast for five days every 30 days. I'm flexible.
Agreed, endurance training/ racing and keto aren’t a good fit.
Coffee & a product called Zevia helped ween me off sugar soda. Now I'm down to just coffee (cream maybe, no sugar), tea (no sugar) or water. I'm definitely sparing myself 2 cans or more of soda a day, as compared to several years ago.
May still drink bourbon. Don't judge me, haha
It was sparkling water that got me off of 3 sodas a day. It was the carbonation that I liked most, after all.
@@amuslim3706 yes and the extra minerals is an added bonus! Feel the same way!
I am a chiropractor who recently started eating ketovore/carnivore who has lost 40 pounds in very short order. I believed that fat made me fat and salt would make me have a heart attack and all of the other "bullshit" that the world would have you believe until you and Dr Berry have completely changed my way of thinking! Thank you so much!!!!! I have one question though, I have helped thousands of people stop having lower back pain by stopping them from drinking caffeine and drinking more water. I truly don't completely understand why this works but I can assure you that it does work. So I am hoping that maybe you can shed some light on why it works so well? Is it getting them off of sugary drinks that causes them to not have back spasms anymore or was it caffeine that I had suspected that performs as a diuretic that I thought it was or is there something else that I am just not putting together? I would truly appreciate your input. Once again thank you so much for all of the work that you do, I would not have ever changed my way of eating without input from someone as educated as you explaining to me what I was doing to my body by eating all of those carbs.
I am writing this 1 year after your post, Matt, so you likely will not see this. I have such frequent back pain with almost any exertion - granted I am a senior citizen, but this seems almost inexplicable. I am going totally caffeine free to see if this situation improves. You never know when your own story will help someone else!
@@Pondapple please let me know if it works for you! I assure you it has helped many of my patients! If not you can always go back to drinking caffeine again anyway.
God I can't express my gratitude enough. You're a knockout, Dr. Cywes. I really appreciate this.
Thank you so very very much. I have been stressing about having to give up my tea with sweet-n-low. I gave up diet coke (that I have been drinking since 1978) and substituted with my green tea. Then I started hearing that I can't have my sweetener.... On top of that people saying that I have to drink black coffee (YUK!) I just started my carnivore/keto way of eating. I'm a natural meat eater and have already had a mind change that I don't want that junk food in my body ever again. It has been about 6 weeks. No, I'm not seeing body changes, but there is major mind change. At any rate, I did not want to have to give up my tea or my coffee...especially my tea. I drink over 100 ounces a day of tea. That would have been a deal breaker for me.
Thank you again for letting me know I can still stay on this path of eating.
I use DeCaf Tea and Coffee in the late afternoon and evening so that I have a chance of getting to sleep later on. Great videos, thanks.
I don’t think any addictions are healthy. I feel so much better now that it is gone. It impeded my iron absorption so it wasn’t trivial for me. My iron went from 8 to 20 in 2 months when I gave it up. I only drink water. My favorite is carbonated water these days. I am very satisfied and don’t want anything else.
I agree.
I respect Dr Cywes but he clearly has a caffeine addiction telling us the coffee is a bridge. I think it’s an addiction transfer. From one substance to another.
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It is an addiction. But what he is saying he rather use coffee as his choice to satisfy rather than carbs. There are other choices... but this is what he chose. I chose it too. Some people love the taste of coffee. Once a carb addicted you have to find other avenues to distract from cravings. This is what he is saying. I am also in the medical field and very little data in coffee and tea intake as being truly harmful. What the medical research lacks is how harmful sugar/carbs really is.
@@janetmichelle6829 well said. Coffee is my choice as well.
@@janetmichelle6829I agree. he says he's addicted to it but it's better than what he used to do. I'm the same. Coffee is what keeps me on the straight and narrow. It's the lesser of many other evils. 😊
Interesting 🤔 didn't know coffee did that! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Thanks Doc. I needed this confirmation. I only have two coffees a day, one after each meal because that is all I need. It pacifies my soul and that helps me keep far away from carbs.
Dopamine buildup --> seratonin relief. NOW I understand WHY when I'm stressing to do a task/project, pushing my time to prep a lesson, etc. WHY I keep wanting to stop and snack. True, I use food as a procrastination tool, and I felt guilty that I had such a bad "habit". But this explanation about the dopamine/endorphin/seratonin cycle, at least for me, gets even deeper under that. Thank you! Instead of using food as a relief, I can get just the seratonin relief needed with a brief taste of a favorite tea or coffee, etc. I am so grateful to have discovered your channel!
I like to feel the hairs on my chest grow when I drink coffee 😂 “That sentence is priceless “❤
Once the menopause came, caffeine makes my heart race - I had to give it up 😕
Always find a replacement
Me too after 3 days in the hospital for AFIB.
OMG. I'm so glad I found you! You makes so much sense and you explain things so well!
In 2020, I went keto/carnivore and within months lost 50 lbs, got off all meds and am now lean and even athletic at 62. I run circles around the 6 grandkids.
I’m also drinking my 2-3 cups of delicious coffee every day and am not even remotely concerned.